Gender, Youth, and Social Inclusion (GYSI) Lead – (Somalia Resilience and Food Security Activity (RFSA) – Mogadishu, Somalia

TITLE:  Gender, Youth, and Social Inclusion (GYSI) Lead – (Somalia Resilience and Food Security Activity (RFSA)

TEAM/PROGRAMME: PDQ

LOCATION: TBD

GRADE: TBD

CONTRACT LENGTH: TBD

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3:  the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

Save the Children is seeking a Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion (GYSI) Lead for an anticipated five-year USAID-funded Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA) in Somalia. The goal of the Activity is to improve food and nutrition security and resilience among poor and chronically food insecure households and communities in a sustainable manner.  The estimated implementation timeframe for the RFSA is 2024-2029. Hiring is contingent upon successful award of the project and USAID approval of the candidate.

The GYSI Lead will support the project to ensure that activities account for and address the different needs and inequalities experienced by individuals – women, men, boys, and girls – to ensure equitable participation in project activities. This person will ensure that the social dimensions of food, nutrition, and economic security (FNES) are effectively addressed across all activity components and at all levels throughout award implementation. They will work to ensure vulnerable and marginalized populations are considered in targeting approaches.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Chief of Party

Dimension of Role:

Save the Children operates across 17 out of 18 regions in Somalia/Somaliland and currently has three main area offices and additional 11 field offices. Programmatically Somalia is a large Country Office with more than $110million annual budget turnover, more than 70 active awards at any time and over 650 staff.

Number of direct reports: None

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Ensure that women, youth, and other vulnerable populations are integrated into all program activities, including technical implementation, monitoring, learning, operations, policies, and procedures by designing activities that target these groups within the scope of the program. The GYSI Lead will ensure that inclusivity considerations, as well as social dimensions of food security and community resilience, are effectively addressed across all activity components, at all levels, throughout the entire award period.

Gender and Youth Assessments and Strategy (35%)

·         Ensure the use of participatory and collaborative problem-solving approaches to develop strategies and action plans for gender and youth integration and promotion of social inclusion for marginalized groups within program plans, Theory of Change (ToC) processes, monitoring and learning plans, and implementation guidance.

·         Lead the collection, analysis, and utilization of information from a wide variety of sources to inform the program’s gender, youth, and social inclusion approaches.

·         Lead the design and implementation of the Gender Analysis, Youth Analysis, or similar gender/youth/social inclusion analyses during the program’s Refine period and utilize the findings of these analyses to formulate an effective gender strategy and youth strategy and inform the Collaboration, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) plan for the program.

·         Train and mentor team members, partners, and stakeholders on the development of the strategy in the context of program implementation plans.

·         Contribute to refined period formative research and data collection, and related program strategies to ensure gender integration.

Project Implementation (50%)

·         Stay abreast of donor and host government gender, youth and social inclusion policies, programs and best practices, ensuring coherence and coordination with the same.

·         Provide gender and youth-related related technical support on an ongoing basis to thematic team leaders, participating in thematic team planning processes and the implementation of program activities as required.

·         Provide support on the implementation of the Social Behavior Change Strategy (SBC) and SBC communications.

·         Provide technical support (as needed) to community mobilization, social cohesion and capacity strengthening related to conflict-sensitive and resolution approaches.

·         Contribute to participatory and learning processes that build commitment and capacity among activity staff to ensure gender equity and youth empowerment.

·         Track local social and conflict dynamics as feasible, gauging potential impacts on women, youth, and social inclusion and adjusting program approaches accordingly.

·         Ensure the development and adaptation of gender equality and transformation as well as youth and social cohesion markers, benchmarks, and indicators across the program.

·         Support the collection and analysis of gender, youth, and social cohesion data and contribute to program reporting.

·          Identify and document best practices of the project in implementing gender, youth and social inclusion components for learning with partners.

·         Support the project to map GBV referral pathways and conduct other mitigation tactics as appropriate to prevent and respond to GBV that may occur through project activities.

·         Ensure that USAID’s Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy, USAID’s Youth in Development Policy, ADS 205, and other relevant gender, youth and inclusion principles, policies and regulations are applied consistently throughout the project.

·         Foster commitment from and strengthen the capacity of team members, partners, local stakeholders, and communities to facilitate gender transformative outcomes and positive youth engagement; this includes developing and delivering formal training as well as coaching and mentoring.

·         Manage team members supporting gender and youth engagement as well as social inclusion at the field level.

·         Work effectively with the Gender and Youth Activity (GAYA) and other BHA- recommended coordination platforms.

·         Represent gender and social inclusion aspects of the project to external stakeholders, such as the donor, governments, and partners; disseminate learnings and best practices; and participate in technical working groups.

COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

Leading

Delivering Results

Takes personal responsibility and holds others to account to deliver our ambitious goals for children, continually improving own performance or that of the team.

Skilled level

·         Delivers timely and appropriate results using available resources

·         Takes responsibility for their work and its impact on others

·         Plans, prioritizes and performs tasks well without needing direct supervision

·         Understands the link between their work and the organization’s objectives and Adapting

·         Problem Solving and Decision Making Applying Technical and Professional Expertise

Thinking

Problem Solving And Decision Making

Takes effective, considered and timely decisions by gathering and evaluating relevant information from within or outside the organization and making appropriate judgements.

Skilled level

·         Gathers the right information and uses critical thinking to make effective and timely decisions

·         Stays with a problem or challenge until a solution is reached or no longer reasonably attainable.

·         Knows when to involve others in a decision

·         Demonstrates awareness of the wider external influences that impact on decision making

·         Simplifies processes and procedures wherever possible

Applying Technical and Professional Expertise

·         Delivers work that reflects a good knowledge and application of technical and professional standards

·         Keeps up to date with trends in their work area

·         Maintains ethical and professional behaviour in accordance with relevant codes of conducts

Engaging

Working Effectively with Others

Works collaboratively to achieve shared goals and thrives on diversity of people and perspectives. Knows when to lead and when to follow and how to ensure effective cross-boundary working.

Skilled level

·         Actively listens to new and different perspectives and experiences of those they work with

·         Proactively supports team members and trusts their capabilities

·         Demonstrates understanding of their skills and how they complement those of others within diverse teams and groups

·         Clarifies their role and responsibilities within the team to maximize impact